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Date: Thursday,15September201112:33:59UnitedKingdomTime

From: AidanBurleyMP

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In this edition:

Aidan Burley MPs DiaryWebsite of the Week:ReformSeptember Volunteer Day:Aidan joins volunteers forBloody Steps clean up

Aidan selects localgroups to speak withForestry PanelSecretariatReminder:Aidan Burley MP's Cannockand Rugeley Jobs FayresMPs wear it pink to funda cure for breast cancerAidan in Parliament:Police Reform and SocialResponsibility Bill debate

Aidan in the papers:Chase campaigners tolobby panelAidan in the papers:Week in WestminsterHow to contactAidan Burley MP

Issue 23 Thursday 15th September 2011

Since the last edition, Aidan has:

Conducted his September Volunteer Day cleaning up andclearing soil and bracken and vegetation from around localcanal hotspot the Bloody Steps as well as paintingrailings and trimming trees with other volunteers from localInland Waterway Association.

Presented Cricket Awards at Rugeley Cricket Clubs Junior

Presentation Night. Aidan gave the trophies to the under9s, under 11s, under 13s and under 15s, marking theirachievements this season. After presenting the awards,Aidan spoke to the cricketers and their parents about theimportance of sport and encouraged more parents to take anactive role in running the club.

Spoken in the House of Commons during the Police Reformand Social Responsibility Bill debate.

Attended a private briefing on Police and CrimeCommissioners with the Home Secretary, the Rt HonTeresa May.

Met with Council Officers to discuss the issues facing theChase Rail Line. Aidan will be convening and Charing a

meeting with key rail stakeholders on how to improve theChase Line later this month.

Attended and spoke at a breakfast briefing by Birmingham &Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) along withCannock Chase District Council Chief Executive, StephenBrown. Along the issues discussed was the economic re-generation of Cannock Chase, following the LEPs failure towin an Enterprise Zone.

Met with representatives from the Breast Cancer Campaignto support their Wear it Pink awareness day planned for 28 th

October 2011. Was interviewed by BBC Radio WM on the latest

employment figures and his two Jobs Fayres (see below).

Been made a Member of the Advisory Board of leadingthink tank, Reform. Reform is an independent, charitable,non-party think tank whose mission is to set out a better wayto deliver public services and economic prosperity.

Website of the Week:

www.reform.co.ukThe website ofReform, an independent, charitable, non-partythink tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver

public services and economic prosperity. Aidan has beenappointed to their Advisory Board.

September Volunteer Day:Aidan joins volunteers for

Bloody Steps clean up

Aidan during his September Volunteer Day, helps clean upan infamous local canal hotspot.

Last week Aidan Burley MP joined volunteers from acrossStaffordshire to help clean up an infamous canal hotspot.The clean up sessions had been organised by local Inland WaterwayAssociation representative Margaret Beardsmore. The IWA helpscampaign for the use, maintenance and restoration of Britains Inlandwaterways.Having been taken on a ride though Rugeleys canal network, Aidanmoored by the Bloody Steps in Rugeley where he met up with thework party and a number of other volunteers including Stuart Collins

of British Waterways and Mike Moorse of the Inland WaterwaysAssociation.The group then spent all morning cleaning up and clearing soil andbracken and vegetation from around the Bloody Steps as well aspainting railings and trimming trees before having a well-earned picniclunch.Commenting Aidan said: A number of constituents had brought to myattention the ongoing problems with vandalism and anti-socialbehavior at the Bloody Steps in Rugeley. So, after hearing about the

planned workgroups being set up to help clean up the mess, I wasonly too pleased to get involved and do what I could to help out. Idont mind saying digging some of that compacted turf out was backbreaking work!We are very lucky to have such a wonderful canal network across theWest Midlands and Staffordshire and so it is important we do all wecan to ensure it remains a safe and clean environment to visit. I wouldlike to pay tribute to all the volunteers who helped out over theweekend and especially Margaret Beardsmore from the localwaterway association who made it all happen. I hope one day theBloody Steps area will be a nice picnic area for walkers and canalusers alike.

Aidan with the rest of the volunteers who helped clean upthe Bloody Steps.

Pictures courtesy of Harry Arnold - www.waterwayimages.com.

Aidan selects local groups to speakwith Forestry Panel Secretariat

Aidan Burley MP has selected the four groups who will get the chanceto put their views directly to a representative of the Independent Panelon Forestry.The groups selected to have a phone interview with the PanelSecretariat are:

Friends of Cannock Chase

Brindley Heath Parish Council

'Save Cannock Chase' Facebook Group

Hednesford Town CouncilThis announcement comes after the MP persuaded the IndependentPanel on Forestry to identify a small number of key local groups whowill be able to put forward their views on the future of the Chasedirectly to the Panel Secretariat.Aidan had initially only been offered two interviews with local groups,however following pressure from the MP the Panel Secretariat haveagreed to speak to all four local groups selected.Aidan has selected two community groups, one Parish and one TownCouncil.

The chosen groups will now get a direct and unique chance to putforward their opinions on the future of Cannock Forest to a PanelRepresentative, rather than simply as part of the general consultation,which closed last month.Commenting Aidan said: "I was delighted by the level of response tomy letter calling for groups to speak with a Panel Representative."I was determined to ensure local people's views would be heard, andhave chosen four groups who I believe are best placed to representlocal opinion on the unique character, history and heritage of ourwoodland.

"I was especially pleased to be able to persuade the Panel Secretariatto speak to two community groups, as well as a Parish and a TownCouncil."These groups will now have their own opportunity to represent ourwoodland to the key decision makers."Aidan has asked all groups to maintain confidentiality in alldiscussions with Panel Secretariat until the Panel has published itsreport.

Reminder:

Aidan urges jobseekers toattend Job Fayres as latestunemployment figures are released

Following yesterdays unemployment figures, Aidan Burley MP isreminding local jobseekers to attend the two Job Fayres he hasorganised for later this month.Latest figures have shown that unemployment remained stable inCannock Chase in August 2011 at 2,358. This represents a rate of4.9% of the economically active population aged 16 to 64 and the324th highest of the 650 UK constituencies.Commenting Aidan said: These latest unemployment figures havehighlighted the need for us to do all we can to get people back intoemployment. On a national level we have recently introduced the

biggest back to Work Programme since the Second World War but Iam determined that as a local MP I do all I can to get people intowork. That is why I have organised two Job Fayres in Cannock Chaselater this month.We have already had a fantastic response from employers; so muchso, we now have over 40 businesses attending the Fayres, all ofwhom have vacancies. Both Job Fayres are free to attend and I wouldurge all local people to come along.The Cannock Jobs Fayre is to be held between 10-4pm on Friday23rd September at Cannock Campus of South Staffordshire College,The Green, Cannock, WS11 1UE

The Rugeley Jobs Fayre is to be held between 10-4pm on Friday 30thSeptember at Rugeley Rose Theatre, Taylors Lane, WS15 2AA.For further details about the Jobs Fayres, or to reserve a stall, pleasecontact Claire Wixon on 01543 502 447 or e-mailclaire.wixon@parliament.uk.Employers already confirmed for the Jobs Fayres include:

You can also read more about the Jobs Fayres here.

MPs wear it pink to fund a curefor breast cancerAidan Burley MP for is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign toraise awareness of its biggest fundraising event, wear it pink day.

On Friday 28th October 2011 supporters in schools, colleges andbusinesses throughout the country are encouraged to don an item ofpink in support of Campaign and each donate 2 to fund innovativeworld-class breast cancer research.

Last year hundreds of thousands of people took part in wear it pink tohelp improve survival rates for the one in eight women whoexperience breast cancer during their lifetime.Aidan says, Every year in the UK, around 48,000 new cases ofbreast cancer are diagnosed in women. Although it is rare, men canalso suffer from breast cancer, with around 340 men diagnosed eachyear. I know people who have lost friends and family members to thedisease and I would like to encourage everyone in my constituency ofCannock Chase and throughout the country to support wear it pink on

October 28th, to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research.

To take part in the UKs original and best pink day visitwww.wearitpink.co.uk and register to receive your free fundraisingpack now. Wear it pink is supported by Vanish, which has committedto raising an incredible 250,000 for the charity this year.

Aidan in Parliament:Police Reform and SocialResponsibility Bill debate

Click on the image above to the whole debate on thePolice reform and social responsibility Bill debate in the

House of Commons from Monday 12th September 2011.Aidan makes interventions multiple times during the debate

and his main speech begins at 2:28.25.

The full text of Aidans speech is as follows:Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con): You will be pleased tonote, Madam Deputy Speaker, that this time I remembered to standup to be called16 months in and we are still learning how this placeworks.I rise to support the Government motions. I start by adding mycongratulations to those of the Home Secretary and the Chair of theHome Affairs Committee to Mr Bernard Hogan-Howe on being namedthe new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. It is the toughest job inBritish policing. Following the riots, I am sure that everyone in thisHouse would wish him well in his new job.

I will briefly restate the case for the reform of police authorities andexplain why it is important, before addressing some of the challengesthat have been posed by Opposition Members. The first thing toremember is the simple fact that the police are a monopoly service.The public cannot choose their force. Therefore, officers must beaccountable for their actions and their performance. As thisGovernment release the grip of Whitehall by scrapping centrallyimposed targets and performance measures such as the policingpledge, the stop-and-account form and some of the uses of stop andsearch, we need to put in place other means to ensure that policeforces deliver. What we are doing with police and crimecommissioners is swapping bureaucratic control of the police fordemocratic accountability. In my view, we are putting in place fargreater, far harsher and more publicly visible accountabilitytheaccountability of the ballot box. Anybody who does not believe meshould ask any sitting MP.The second thing we must remember is that most crime is local. It istherefore far better that forces answer to local communities than tobox-ticking officials in Whitehall. If local accountability is to substitutefor the centralised performance regime of the past, it needs to bestrong and democratic local accountability.The problem, therefore, is extremely simple: police authorities are not

strong enough to exercise that alternative governance, and they arenot sufficiently connected to the public whom they are supposed toserve. Consider this: only four of 22 inspected police authorities havebeen assessed as performing well in their most critical functions byHMIC and the Audit Commission; only 8% of wards in England andWales are represented on a police authority; and according to aCabinet Office survey conducted just a couple of years ago, only 7%of the public understand that they can approach their police authorityif they are dissatisfied with policing in their area.Virtually no one in that survey knew who their police authoritychairman was. In fact, I would be interested to know how many hon.Members can intervene and tell me who their police authoritychairman is.Several hon. Members rose Mr Burley: I will take any interventions.Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab): Russell Roberts.Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab): CouncillorMurphy.Mr Burley: Only two Members of the House could intervene and tell

me who chairs their police authority, which tells us everything weneed to know about their visibility. That is from MPs, not the publicwe are supposed to know.These invisible police authorities are supposed to serve the public.That is the same public who have no idea who they are, no idea whatthey do, no idea how to contact them, and certainly no idea that theycost them 50 million a year.Paul Murphy (Torfaen) (Lab): The Government prayed in aid anopinion poll that said that 7% of the people of England did not knowanything about their police authorities or what they did. The hon.Gentleman might not be aware, however, that a recent survey in

Wales showed that 82% of people did know about their policeauthority and believed that it did a good job.Mr Burley: I understand that the survey to which the right hon.Gentleman refers was commissioned by the police authority. It mightbe that it posed the question to get the answer it wished to get.A more recent survey has found that a typical police authority receives

just two letters per week from the public. Let us compare that withwhat the de facto police and crime commissioner for London, KitMalthouse, told the Home Affairs Committee in December last year.He said that when he was first given the title of deputy mayor with

responsibility for policing,the postbag at City Hall on community safety went from 20 or 30letters a week up to 200 or 300We had a problem coping with it.That indicated to me there was a thirst for some sense ofresponsibility and accountability in the political firmament for thepolice.He said that having one person

allows there to be a kind of funnel for public concern.However, the absence of a direct line of public influence is

problematic not only for the public, but for police forces. Back in the19th century, the founder of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, said:

The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependentupon the public approval of police actions.

After a decade in which public approval of the police fell, it has nowstarted to rise again. That is a welcome trend, but still only 56% of thepublic say that the police do a good or excellent job, and a survey byConsumer Research last year found that nearly a third of those whocome into contact with the policeI do not mean criminals weredissatisfied. Of the minority who complained, nearly two thirds were

unhappy with the way the police dealt with their complaint. The policewere among the worst performers of the public services.Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con): Does my hon. Friend agreethat people feel dissatisfied with the policeunfairly, in many casesbecause of the lack of visibility of police on the streets compared withprevious years, and the ludicrous deployment of police in back room

jobs, rather than out in customer-facing roles?Mr Burley: My hon. Friend makes a good point. For me, the naturalcorollary of that frustration at not seeing police on the streets orfeeling that there are too many in back and middle offices, is that thepublic feel that they have no one to complain to. People do not know

how to complain. They do not know who their police authority iswehave seen that from the surveysand there is no single, high-profile,accountable individual to whom they can complain. That compoundsthe frustration that my hon. Friend talks about. They do not know towhom to go to say, We want more police on the streets and we aregoing to hold you to account at the ballot box unless you deliver it.Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con): Perhaps I can help my hon. Friendwith his argument. A person who is minded to complain aboutDerbyshire police might try to find the police authority link on the frontpage of the Derbyshire police website, but they will find it right down inthe bottom leftit has about the same significance as the link to themale voice choir.Mr Burley: My hon. Friend makes my point for me. I would befascinated to know whether any of the 43 police and crimecommissioners elected next year will have such low visibility on theirwebsites for people who want to contact them or complain about thepolice. All those points show why the introduction of police and crimecommissioners is so important. They are a key element of theGovernments programme of decentralisation, where power isreturned to people and communities.I want the new commissioners to be big local figures with a powerfullocal mandate to drive the fight against crime and antisocial

behaviour. After all, they will decide policing strategy; set the forcebudget and the local council tax precept; and appoint, and ifnecessary dismiss, the chief constablethat point has been madethroughout the debate. They will do those things on behalf of thepublic who elected them, and who will then hold them to account atthe ballot box.A key point is that the role of commissioners will also be greater thanthat of the police authorities that they replace. That is the significanceof the words and crime in their title. Police and crime commissionerswill have a broad remit to ensure community safety within theirbudgets, and to prevent crime and tackle drugs. They will work withlocal authorities, community safety partnerships and local criminal

justice boards, helping to bring a strategic coherence to the actions ofthose organisations at force level. In future, their role could beextended to other elements of the local criminal justice system,ensuring that the police and those who manage offenders operatetogether, working to break the cycle of crime.In short, police and crime commissioners will be big beasts: highlyvisible, highly accountable and highly effective. The contrast betweenthem and todays police authorities could hardly be greater.Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab): Is the hon. Gentleman arguing forcriminal justice commissioners? In other words, does he want locally

elected people in an analogous role to that of police and crimecommissioners in respect of chief constables? In my view, he doeswant that, but is that what he is arguing for? The House would like tobe clear on whether the next stage is to have criminal justicecommissioners elected by the local population.Mr Burley: I am not arguing for that, but speculating how the role ofcommissioners could develop over time. The key point that I wouldmake to the hon. Gentleman is this: there will be pressure on electedpolice and crime commissioners to do things in a different way. Therewill be pressure on them to be far more collaborative with other forcesand other police and crime commissioners, for example, as wasmentioned earlier in the debate, to drive efficiencies through

procurement. There is no real reason at the moment for police forcesto collaborate to purchase cars or uniforms together. They have nothad that driver, yet they have had increasing budgets for 10 years.The guys who are elected next year will want to work withneighbouring forces. If I were elected as police and crimecommissioner for Staffordshire next year, the first call I would makewould be to the police and crime commissioner in west midlands, toask, Can we do things together? Could we collaborate to procurethings together? I would have a reason to want to reduce my budgetso that I can spend it on delivering the pledges that I put in mymanifesto, such as a pledge to get more officers on the beat.

The hon. Gentleman and I discussed Tony Blairs knife-crime summit.I was thinking through his logic after he answered my question, but Istill do not understand it, so perhaps he could help. It was okay, at anational level, for an elected politicianthe former Prime Ministertohold a summit at No. 10 Downing street, inviting all the chiefconstables from around the country, who no doubt could have beendoing other things with their time, to ask them what they were doingabout knife crime, which he had identified as an issue in this country.No doubt he was coming under a lot of pressure from the public, whowere contacting him and their MPs demanding that something bedone, and quite rightly he called together the police forces to bangheads together and come up with a strategy to deal with knife crime.

The hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) seemed to suggestthat that was okay because it was a national priorityI wrote downhis wordsbut that it was not okay locally. I cannot follow that logic atall. Let us imagine that we have a problem locallyit might be knifecrime or kids racing cars down a disused road. Why is it okay to havea national priority and do something about it nationally, but not to havelocal priorities and to do something about it locally? I cannotunderstand the logic at all.Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (LD): I am beginning to feel sorry forthe hon. Gentleman, who seems to live in a really poorly policed area.My area has neighbourhood forums that the police attend. There areward action teams involving local councillors. There are areacommittees on which the police are represented. There is an overviewand scrutiny committee. In the polices view, they are almostscrutinised too heavily. The link should be through democraticallyelected local councillors. There is no shortage of scrutiny of the policein my area. I feel sorry for him.Mr Burley: I am fortunate to live in a very well policed area.Staffordshire has an excellent chief constable. He is one of the fewchief constables to come out and say that, despite his budgetreductions, he will be making absolutely no cuts to the front line until2013. We have forward looking police forces.

Vernon Coaker: Only to 2013?Mr Burley: He has confirmed to 2013. I do not know how long thehon. Gentleman wants him to confirm.On the point made by the hon. Member for Bradford East (Mr Ward), Iwould simply quote his partys manifesto back at him. Page 72 of theLib Dem manifestoI do not know whether he helped to write itstated:

We will give local people a real say over their police forcethrough the direct election of police authorities.

Clearly, there is a problem. All the bodies that he named arebureaucracies. He just reeled off half a dozen bureaucratic bodies thatno one has heard of, that no one knows how to contact and that donot deliver what local people want. His own partys manifestoproposes a highly visible individual who is accountable at the ballotbox, whom people know how to contact and who is not next to themale choir on the website. How can that not be an improvement?Mr Ward: Hansard will prove me correct. I think that the hon.Gentleman said authorities, not commissioners.Mr Burley: I meant commissioners.

In the time left, I would like to deal with a few of the objections raisedtoday. People listening to this debate in the Gallery could be forgivenfor thinking that only the Conservatives want to reform policeauthorities. This is simply not true. As I said in an earlier intervention,the case for reform of police governance has been made across thepolitical spectrum. There is party consensus in favour of thedemocratic reform of police authorities, although I accept that thereare differences about the best model. I have read out the Lib Demmanifesto, but I ask Members to consider the following quote:

Only direct election, based on geographic constituencies, willdeliver the strong connection to the public which is critical.

It continues:

under the current system, 93 per cent of the country has nodirect, elected representation. This is why we have proposedthe Green Paper model; so that people know who to go toand are able to influence their policing through the ballot box.

Those are not my words, but the words of the hon. Member forGedling, the shadow policing Minister, in a speech in 2008.Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab): The hon. Gentleman istalking about Staffordshire. People in my part of Staffordshire do notwant 1 million spent on these elections. They want local policing andthey feel that the directly elected councillors who sit on the policeauthority do a good job.Mr Burley: The hon. Lady speaks for her part of Staffordshire and Ispeak for mine. I can tell her that people in my constituency do notfeel that they have ample opportunity to influence the policingpriorities in their area, they do not know what the police authority is,they do not know how to contact it and they do not know how to getinvolved in all these bureaucratic panels and committees that the hon.Member for Bradford East rattled off.

The Oppositions latest form of direct accountability is not a millionmiles from what we are proposingdirectly elected chairs ofauthorities. That is the Labour partys proposal. It was an ideaproposed in an amendment by the shadow Minister in Committee. Iwas on the Committee and remember him pushing it to a vote. In myview, that would be the worst of all worlds, because we would have anindividual with a mandate but unable to deliver it because he could beoutvoted routinely by a committee of appointees. This model wouldcost more and not produce the single focus of a police and crimecommissioner.Many Labour Members have made the point today about the cost ofdelaying the elections. I think that we should start by reflecting onsome wise words:

Weve got to go further in demonstrating value for moneyand delivering efficiency. We are investing a lot of money inpublic services, its got to deliver results.

That was the now shadow Home Secretary in an interview with TheDaily Telegraph in January 2008, when she was Chief Secretary tothe Treasury. I could not agree with her more. In fact, I also agree fullywith the next quote from the interview:

Margaret Thatcher did talk about, you know, the housewife

adding up the sums. Every family recognises the need tomake sure that you can manage each month.

Quite right too! I am glad that she and I agree with Lady Thatcher.As so often with Labour, however, when it comes to public spending,it is a case of, Do as I say, not as I do. Its NHS national ITprogramme had a budget of 2.3 billion, but has now cost 12.6 billionan overspend of 450%. Its pensions transformation programme atthe Department for Work and Pensions had a budget of 429 million,but the current cost is 598 millionan overspend of 39%. Its A46improvement programme had a budget of 157 million, but the currentcost is 220 milliona 40% overspend. But worst of all was the cost

of the millennium dome. It cost 789 million to build and 28 million ayear to maintain.Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans): Order. I think that we mightbe straying a little wide of the mark.Mr Burley: I thank you for your direction, Mr Deputy Speaker. I shallfocus my remarks. In April 2002, the National Audit Office showed that28.4 million was spent on the domes maintenance in the year after itwas closed. For just one year of maintaining the dome, we could electsomeone who represents our views; for one year of maintaining thedome, we could let local people have a say over how their area is

policed; and for one year of the dome, we could replace bureaucraticaccountability to Whitehall with local accountability to the people. Wewill therefore take no lectures from Labour on how to spend 28million. It is far better to spend it on reconnecting the public to thepolice than on Tony Blairs Teflon-coated, flattened mushroom.The Opposition object to delaying the election to November 2012. Iam glad that it has been delayed to 15 November, not 5 November.Having a one-off election at the beginning of the cycle of elections forPCCs is a good idea because it will remove the charge of makingthem political. There will be no other elections on that day, so the firsttime that the PCCs are elected, no one will be able to claim that theywere motivated to vote in a council vote or in a party political way. I

support the delay on the grounds that it will make the first elections ofthese important PCCs non-political in the publics eyes. Afterwards,they will revert to the same date as the council elections, therebysaving 50 million over four years.In conclusion, policing is a monopoly service. The people cannotchoose their force. This public service has to answer to someone, andwe think that local people should have the power to do somethingabout the problems that blight their towns and city centres. We aredetermined to rebuild the link between the people and the policeforces that serve them, which is why these reforms are right for thepeople, right for the police and right for the times.

Aidan in the papers:Chase campaigners to lobby panelStaffordshire Newsletter

Wednesday 7th September 2011

Four community groups in CannockChase have been chosen to lobby aGovernment body responsible fordeciding the future of England's forests.The Independent Panel on Forestry is putting together a report on thefuture direction of woodland which is due in April 2012.However, despite choosing seven forests to visit which will influencetheir decision-making in the coming months, the panel has so far leftthe Chase off their list.Now, Friends of Cannock Chase, Brindley Heath Parish Council, SaveCannock Chase Facebook Group and Hednesford Town Council havebeen picked to address the panel's secretary during a phone

interview.Cannock Chase MP, Aidan Burley, said: These groups will now havetheir own opportunity to represent our woodland to the key decisionmakers.

Aidan in the papers:Week in WestminsterAidan Burley MP, Chase Post

Thursday 8th September 2011

Parliament has returned for twoweeks, so arriving in Westminsterafter a summer in Cannock was abit like going back to school for the first time after the summerholidays. I fought off the desire to buy a new pencil case, howeverpart of me still had that same excitement the old school buildingalive with the hustle and bustle of friends and colleagues again, a newterm, new challenges and opportunities.There are some serious issues being debated in this short fortnight;Libya, abortion, NHS reforms, terrorism. The abortion proposal inparticular has generated a lot of media attention, although at the timeof writing it is still not clear whether Mr Speaker will even call NadineDorries amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill such are theways of Westminster. My own view is that anything that reduces theabortion rate, which last year amounted to more than 200,000terminations in England and Wales, should be seriously consideredand debated.Back in the constituency, I am still working hard with the team toorganise our areas first ever Jobs Fayres my attempt to putemployers with jobs and local people together. The Cannock Jobs

Fayre will be held on Friday 23rd September at the Cannock Campusof South Staffordshire College (The Green, Cannock, Staffs, WS111UE) and will be open to all local people (for free) from 10am-4pm.The Rugeley Jobs Fayre will be held one week later on Friday 30thSeptember at the Rugeley Rose Theatre, Taylors Lane, Rugeley,Staffordshire, WS15 2AA and will also be open to all local people forfree from 10am-4pm.Employers who have already confirmed include Amazon, Tesco, TheArmy, NHS, Natwest, Finning CAT, Staffordshire Police and JCB. Ifyou are looking for work, or know someone who is, then please docome along this could be your opportunity to get that dream job!

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